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Case 3d Complexity Theory and Emergent Change Mike Wallace and Alison Wray, Cardiff University Sarah was in the final year of her undergraduate Business Studies degree course. She was starting on her research project, and had been thinking about what to investigate. The module 'Organizational Change' that she had taken in her second year particularly interested her. Some of the ideas she had learned about related very clearly to an aspect of her university experience. At the beginning of her first year she had joined the university drama society, and since then she had been very actively involved. Sarah had noticed how different groups would form spontaneously among drama society members from time to time. Those who became enthusiastic about a particular activity would work together to run workshops or put on plays. Meanwhile, other groups would get themselves organized to lobby forcefully for changes in the way the society was run. As a result, the drama society had gone from strength to strength. Membership was increasing and more adventurous productions were being staged, to great acclaim from other students. 5 Of the theories she had come across in the 'Organizational Change' module, complexity theory was the one that seemed intuitively to explain this success. Sarah was especially fascinated by the idea of self-organization', where members collaborate spontaneously in responding to environmental demands and bring about desired change. It applied perfectly to her drama club experience encouraging self-organization must be a key to successful management of change anywhere. Sarah had a hunch that what she'd observed would happen in other societies and clubs in the university. She hit on the idea of using complexity theory as the conceptual framework for her research project, which would be an investigation of how members in other university societies and clubs worked together to run their activities and make change happen. 0

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1. It is important for one to be critical while writing a literature review becuase simply agreeing with what others have to say about the topic implies that not enough thought has been put into the topic. While reviewing literature, one must question as to why the claims are being made, and whether or not there exists solid evidence to support the claims. Only after then must one come to a conclusion.

2. Being "balanced"could imply evaluating the possibilities of both complexity theory having or not having an impact on organizational change. In both of her drafts, she took to extreme versions of accepting and critising the notion. Thus, the tutor advised her to look at all possible facets befor drawing a conclusion.

3. Sarah must reveiew works by authors who stand for and against the notion and think with a neutral point. She must note down all logicial arguments, irrespective of whether or not they support her literature heading, and then make comments on the same.

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